Arabian chic
Just as his Villa Moda chain of department stores brought Western high fashion to the Middle East, Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah plans to promote European design as well as regional artisanship through the Al-Sabah Art & Design Collection. Scheduled to open in Dubai in March, Al-Sabah showed its first collection in Miami. As part of the collection, Lebanese design studio Bokja reupholstered mid-20th-century furniture pieces in local embroideries. Al-Sabah Art & Design Collection, Dubai. www.alsabahcollection.com